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NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MINUTES MEETING DATE April 11, 2012 TIME 4:30 pm PLACE Kohala Senior Center, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaau, Hawaii 96755 ATTENDANCE 1. Members Present: Hermann Fernandez, Susan Fischer, Frank Cipriani, Giovanna Gherardi, John Winter, Collin Kaholo, and Christopher MacKillop 2. Members absent: Joe Carvalho and Marlene Ching Also present were Project Manager Rosalind Newlon and Terry Dunlap from the Office of the Hawai’i County Planning Department. 3. Public Attendance: Jerry Kremkow, John Wilson, Kim Wilson, Toni Withington, Sarah Pule-Fujii, Jake Polvi, Margaret Wille, Denise Nekrash and Lynda Wallach. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: Toni Withington suggested that a possible agenda item for next month would be a speaker to discuss the 2% fund and that Gail Byrne Baber is interested in doing a presentation. Margaret Wille said she would like a report on Mahukona Beach Park including the pavilion as an agenda item. Jerry Kremkow said that he was interested in the Electric Loop issue and said that HELCO came to him about easements across his property. Denise Nekrash asked about changing meeting times. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: 1. Minutes from the March 12, 2012 meeting were reviewed by the AC members and changes were recommended to include that under Item 5, Subcommittee Assignments, to add John Winter under Growth Management. Motion for approval was made by Giovanna Gherardi and seconded by Hermann Fernandez with those changes and unanimously approved. A change to the February 13, 2012 was requested to include that Planning Department staff Rosalind Newlon and Terry Dunlap were present at the meeting. Motion for approval was made by Hermann Fernandez and seconded by John Winter and unanimously approved. th 2. Rescheduling of two meetings is necessary due to holidays on June 11 and thth November 12. It was discussed to move the meetings to June 13 and November th 14. There was a discussion about changing the starting time of the meetings and Rosalind Newlon explained that to be consistent with other Commission and Boards that meet during the daytime hours that the AC meetings should stay at 4:30pm. The AC Members discussed that perhaps the subcommittees could meet at 6pm subcommittee members. It was further and that it should be discussed with the 1